Rare vs. Desirable

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sun Jul 12 12:32:48 1998

On Sun, 12 Jul 1998, Tom Owad wrote:

> When Apple discontinued the Newton a few months back there was a small
> protest held by Newton users and developers at Apple headquarters. At
> this Apple past around wooden Newtons for the people to look at it. I
> don't know if any have been released outside the company, though it
> wouldn't suprise me if some disappeared during the rally.

I recall reading that John Sculley used these as demonstratative
prototypes but that they didn't actually do anything, i.e. they were just
carved blocks of wood.


Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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